Matthew Anderson is a provisional Elder who will begin serving as associate pastor of Bucyrus UMC July 1. He currently is in his sixth year as pastor of West Lafayette UMC after previously serving North Royalton UMC.
He earned a Bachelor in History from Eastern University, and a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary.
Lisa Courtwright is a provisional Elder who is in her second year as pastor of East Fairfield UMC and her first year as pastor of Rogers UMC after previously serving Plymouth Community and Harpersfield UMCs.
She earned a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Akron and a Master of Divinity from Ashland Theological Seminary.
Stanley Wertz is a provisional Deacon who is in his fourth year in extension ministry serving as chaplain of TA Truckstop Transport for Christ Global Ministry and is in the fifth year of his secondary appointment to Mansfield Trinity UMC. He previously served appointments at Blue Rose Mission and Camp Wanake.
He earned a Bachelor of Science from Wilmington College, a Master of Arts in Educational Technology from Ashland University, and a Master of Practical Theology from Methodist Theological School in Ohio.
William Baker is a provisional Elder who is in his second year as pastor of LaPorte UMC after serving four years at Amherst UMC.
He earned a degree in Architecture from Kent State University and a Master of Divinity from United Theological Seminary.
Andrew Thompson is a provisional Elder who will begin a new appointment as pastor of Caldwell UMC on July 1. He is in his sixth year as pastor of Belmont UMC and his second year as pastor of Barnesville Main Street UMC after previously serving Lloydsville UMC.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Muskingum University and a Master of Divinity from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Jennifer Whitmore is a provisional Elder who is in her second as pastor of Paradise Hill and Nankin Community UMCs after previously serving Ashland First and Ashland Christ UMCs and then Mansfield Main Street UMC.
She earned a Bachelor of Science in Social Work from North Central State College and The Ohio State University, and a Master of Divinity from Methodist Theological School in Ohio.
Claudia Britton is a provisional Elder who will begin serving as pastor of East Liverpool First UMC July 1. She is in her eighth year as pastor of Peninsula UMC after previously serving Windsor and Colebrook UMCs followed by Mesopotamia UMC.
She earned a Bachelor of Science from Union College and completed Course of Study, Advanced Course of Study and ordination requirements in United Methodist history, doctrine, and polity at Methodist Theological School in Ohio.
Amy Vittorio is a provisional Elder who is in her second year as pastor of Sycamore, Union-Salem, and Tiffin St. Paul’s UMCs, her fifth year serving Republic Trinity UMC, and her sixth year serving Melmore UMC.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Hiram College, a Master of Science in Education-Literacy from Walden University, and a Master of Divinity from United Theological Seminary.
Jonathan Williams is a provisional Elder who is in his first year serving as pastor of Cortland and Fowler UMCs after previously serving Cardington Center and Cardington Fairview UMCs followed by Flat Rock Ebenezer and Bellevue Seybert Memorial UMCs, then Minerva UMC, and West Austintown UMC.
He earned Bachelor of Music Education from Baldwin-Wallace College, and a Master of Divinity from Methodist Theological School in Ohio.
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